THE ELEANOR OF AQUITAINE TOUR IN JUNE

Yesterday morning I was thrust into purgatory, losing all of my Comcast services–phone, cable, and internet access. Cable and phone service was not restored until that night and I only regained internet access this morning. I felt much like Robinson Crusoe, marooned on that remote island with Friday!

I do have good news, though. I now have all the information for the Eleanor of Aquitaine tour to France, including dates, the itinerary, and costs, etc, which I am now posting here. It sounds as if it will be a magical trip, and I’d love the opportunity to meet some of my readers! So I dearly hope this fits in with your calendars and budgets.

In the Footsteps of Eleanor of Aquitaine

An educational tour led by acclaimed author

Sharon Kay Penman

June 4-13, 2011

Join acclaimed author Sharon Kay Penman on a journey to France this June to

retrace the life of Eleanor of Aquitaine!

Eleanor—Duchess of Aquitaine and Gascony, Countess of Poitou, Queen of the

French and Queen of England, mother to future kings and queens—was one of

the most extraordinary women of her time, and continues to hold a fascination for

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I did my own Eleanor tour last year with my husband and loved it! Your books and blog inspired me to visit Fontevraud. It was the best holiday ever, not only because of Eleanor but also because when I got home I found out I was pregnant So that holiday was about my favorite ancestor but brought about my favorite descendant!

That sounds like a great tour. Unfortunately, I’ll be having my semester tests then, so I doubt I’ll be there.
In any case, today, Edward the Confessor died, leading to the events which would result in the Norman Conquest, Richard of Cornwall, son of John I and Isabella was born, and Margaret of York’s husband, Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy was killed in the battle of Nancy.

Wow, Koby, what a treasure-trove of important anniversaries. I’d posted on Facebook about Catherine de Medici dying today, but had totally forgotten that Charles the Bold died at the battle of Nancy in January.
I wish you could come on the tour, but maybe if Lionheart does well, they’ll want to do a tour of Outremer next time! The travel agency hires local guides for all the sites to be visited, and you’d be a natural for that role!

One can only pray and hope so, Sharon. In any case, today Harold Godwinson was crowned King of England, Richard II of England was born, and this is also the legendary birth-date of Jeanne La Pucelle, known as Joan of Arc.

I am beginning to suspect an insidious Tudor plot to stage a coup here, but on January 7, 1536, Catherine of Aragon was finally spared any more of the misery Henry VIII was heaping upon her. I’ll be back with more news about Eleanor’s tour, and also some very interesting (at least to me) news about Here Be Dragons.
PS Drat, it is snowing again here.

Here is the news about my favorite of my books. I have optioned the film rights to Here Be Dragons to Derek Lynn John, a Welsh-born screenwriter who currently lives in New Zealand. He has an amazing resume, with a film coming out this year about Mozart, and he is presently planning a scouting trip to Wales. We know the odds are not in our favor, but if anyone would do right by Llywelyn and Joanna, this is the man. He told me he read it this past summer and was captivated by their story, so he has the requisite passion, the experience, and the love of Welsh history, of course. So all we really need is a bit of luck, right? And Llywelyn Fawr was always lucky, unlike his less fortunate grandson. Meanwhile, we can amuse ourselves by casting the film for him!

I really want to go on the trip to France. I’m waiting for my friends to let me know if they would like to come with me. If not, maybe I’ll be lucky and the travel agency can find me a roomate! I’ve never been on an international trip by myself so I’ll look forward to meeting nice and interesting people.

Here Be Dragons the Movie…that would be so fantastic! It is my favorite novel of yours Sharon. You have set the bar very high but it sounds like you have found a screenwriter who would do justice to your novel. Would you prefer a television series or a movie?

Sorry, I don’t do facebook. But if you’re looking for a slightly younger welsh actress than Catherine Zeta-Jones, why not try Eve Myles. About 10 years younger, and not a blonde which you specify in Here be Dragons that Joanna is not. As for Joanna as a child, and teenager, I’d like to hear any suggestions.

Damn, I wish I could go. The price is really good, and the timing couldn’t be more perfect. But we can’t spend that kind of money right now, not with our jobs on shaky ground. I am really bummed. Just promise me a day by day blog, with photos! (Please

I made my reservation yesterday morning. ATA is being very helpful and trying to match me with a roomate. Regardless of the outcome, I am looking forward to my first trip to France and seeing the sights associated with Eleanor and Henry. I will now spend the next 5 months reading your Eleanor and Henry trilogy as well as any other reference books I can find in anticipation of what promises to be a great trip. As a Christmas gift to myself, I even purchased the movie “A Lion in Winter” and am looking forward to wathching it. This will be my first trip to France and I can’t think of a better introduction to the country of my ancestors.

Sharon, your trip sounds wonderful. As a travel agent, I’m impressed with the itinerary and its focus on sites not normally visited on tours of France. I think your readers will find even more insight into the lives of Henry and Eleanor by immersing themselves in these historic places where the monarchs actually lived. And, of course, sharing this experience with you is even better.
The reading of passages of “Lionheart” among the sites will be amazing. I visited Israel once and among the many, many inspiring moments of this trip, the one I most remember is visiting the Mount of Beatitudes in the Galilee where our very excellent Israeli tour guide had us sit on a hillside while she read the Beatitudes directly from the New Testament. It was a magical moment.
I would so love to go on your trip. Unfortunately, my daughter is leaving for Europe on Jun 12 and I have to be here to see her off. Plus, the economy has not been kind to travel agents the past couple of years so I just can’t afford to go at this time.
One more thing–anyone who wants to extend their trip and see something interesting, might want to cross the Channel from Calais to Dover (ferries are fine) and visit the tower of Dover Castle which has been restored to look just like it was during Henry’s lifetime.

Thanks, Koby! I’ve been very impressed with Academic Travel, Maritza. I was able to choose the itinerary so we’d be sure to visit those places that were most important in Eleanor’s life. That is an excellent suggestion about Dover Castle–thank you. I’d love to see that myelf, as it has been done since my last visit.

Great news, my mom is going on the trip!! I can’t go because of work (because of my job, I am not allowed to vacation in June). Anyway, since I had the pleasure of meeting you at your book signing, I thought it only fair Mom get the opportunity to meet you! I’m super excited for her and Emilie, I think you might have the opportunity to room with her.

I wish I could too!! I think it is going to be a little hard on my mom because your books and the love of history is something special she and I share. However, I already told her that maybe while on the trip, she can convince the company to do a Wales trip (not in June) and then we will both beable to go! I’m still hoping you will be able to blog so I can follow the adventures!!

I have been thinking about extending my trip and one of the things I would like to do is take the ferry from Calais to Dover. Going back to Dover Castle now that the Great Tower has been restored to look like it did during Henry II’s lifetime would be fantastic. Planning a trip is the next best thing to the trip itself. Thanks to Sharon and Elizabeth Chadwick, my list of sights to see and places to visit just keeps expanding!

This is a bit out of sequence but I have only just signed up, although I have read all your books Sharon.
Ever since I read my first Penman masterpiece, ‘When Christ and His Saints Slept’, I have wondered why no film producer had seen the potential. The writing style gives the story and its era so much reality that it must be an easy task to create a film script.
Every time I pass Wilton House, I think of William Marshall! I can’t wait for ‘Lionheart’, when does it hit the shelves in England?

I would love to go on the tour…but it’s still the school year and I can’t, in good conscience, leave my students for, what for me, would be the height of bliss. Duty calls. Dare I hope you will do another one sometime?

Oh how I would love to go, but unfortunately I’m no from the US so it makes it that little bit more difficult costs not withstanding. I also have the problem that I think that’s deep in the middle of the school term and I doubt the headmistress would let me have the time off work, more’s the pity. I have just returned from Paris today (a school trip so unfortunately little time for “proper” sightseeing) so I readily recommend the medieval quarter, and of course Mont St. Michel in Brittany. Fantastic itinerary and how I wish I could join you!

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I’m so disappointed that I didn’t learn about this tour until it was over. Any chance you’ll run the same tour next year? My best friend from high school, Ann, introduced me to your writing and it would be so wonderful if she and I could travel together on this tour!

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I just discovered this site after doing a google search. Wish I had known earlier of this tour. Any chance that you will be repeating this next year? I am such a fan of your writings, with “Time and Chance” as my all-time favorite. Hope your tour went well this past June and I sincerely hope you’re planning another.

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